WASHINGTON – Nestle USA’s Pizza Division and Nestle Canada are recalling frozen pizzas due to possible foreign matter contamination, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

FSIS said there was one report of a chipped tooth associated with consumption of the pizza products. The problem was discovered after Nestle received consumer complaints about small fragments of plastic found in the CPK Crispy Thin Crust White Pizza, according to the agency. Nestle said the problem is related to a batch of spinach used in production of several varieties of frozen pizza.

“The voluntary recall is limited to frozen pizzas with these specific production codes, which were distributed nationwide,” the company said. “No other production codes/dates, sizes or varieties of California Pizza Kitchen or DiGiorno pizzas are affected by this recall. The reason for the recall is that the pizza may contain fragments of clear plastic. Nestle USA is taking this action after a small number of consumers reported that they had found small fragments of plastic on the CPK Crispy Thin Crust White pizza. Our investigation indicates this is directly related to a particular lot of spinach we received from one of our suppliers. Although no complaints have been received to date on the other three varieties that used this spinach, we are recalling these additional varieties in an abundance of caution.”

The company said all the pizzas being recalled were produced during February and March of 2013, and Nestle USA has instructed its direct store delivery team to begin removing pizzas affected by the recall at retail locations nationwide.

“We also are working together with our retail partners to ensure that these varieties are removed from freezer shelves nationwide,” the company said. “Nestle USA also is reaching out to consumers to ask that they examine their freezer inventory for the specific packages of DiGiorno and CPK varieties affected by this recall.”

In Canada, the company is recalling Delissio brand Thin Crispy Crust Grilled Chicken Tomato & Spinach Pizza. Nestle Canada decided to recall the product out of an abundance of caution due to a “small number of consumer complaints in the US”. However, there have been no consumer complaints in Canada, according to the company.

“We have informed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and communicated our decision to recall the product,” Nestle Canada said. “We are immediately informing all of our customers who received these batch codes and arranging for all product to be removed from store shelves.”